Shirt.



L. D. LIVINGSTON.

SHIRT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1913.

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SHIRT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

Application filed June 14, i913. Serial No. 773,669.

To all ilk/10m it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS D. LIVINGSTON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Shirts, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention relates to wearing apparel, and its object is to providecertain'new and useful improvements in shirts, notably shirts made ofsilk, mercerized cotton and other soft materials, and whereby the bosomportion at the collar bone of the wearer is protected against undue wearand soiling, thus insuring long life to the shirt.

In order to accomplish the desired result use is made of protectingflaps underlying the bosom portions at the collar bone of the wearer,the upper edges of the protecting flaps being secured to the shirt atthe junction of the shirt body and neckband. The front edges of theprotecting flaps terminate approximately at the front median line of theshirt and the said front edges are provided with suitable fasteningdevices for detachably connecting the front edges with each other.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure l is a front perspective view of the upper portion of a shirtprovided with the improvements; Fig. 2 is a sectional rear elevation ofthe same with the. lower corner of one of the protecting flaps turnedup; and

- Fig. 3 is a cross section of the same as applied, the section being onthe line 33 of Fig. 2.

The body A of the shirt is of the usual construction and provided with aneckband B. Two protecting flaps C underlie the bosom portions at thecollar bone of the wearer, the upper edges of the said flaps C-extending between the neck portion of the body A and the neckband B, itbeing se-' cured thereto by stitches D -which fasten the neckband B tothe neck portion of the body A. The front edges of the protecting flapsC terminate approximately at the front median line of the shirt, and thesaid front edges are provided with suitable fastening devices E, E, suchas buttons and'buttonholes, to permit of detachably connecting the frontedges of the flaps C with each other. It is understood that when theshirt ]S to be donned and is open at the front then the flaps C arelikewise disconnected at the front edges, and after the shirt is put onthe front edges of the protecting flaps C are connected with each otherby the fastening devices E, E.

By arranging the flaps C in the manner described they form pads toprotect the desired portion of the shirt opposite the collar bone of thewearer, at the same time preventing perspiration from reaching theprotected portions of the bosom, as such perspiration is taken up by theflaps C. It will also be noticed that by having the flaps thecorresponding bosom portions are padded to prevent undue wear by theaction of the lower edge of the outer member of the collar F, whichloweredge tends to rub against the bosom portions mentioned especially whenthe wearer turns the head. around or bends the head forward.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:'

1. A shirt of soft material open at the front and provided withprotecting flaps of soft material and having their upper edges securedbetween the neck portion of the shirt and the neckband thereof, the remaining portions of the flaps being detached from the shirt, wherebythey may hang loosely down under the front portion of the shirt, theflaps extending approximately from the yokes of the shirt and overlyingone another at the front median line of the shirt, the overlyingportions being detachably secured together.

2. A shirt provided with protecting flaps of soft material and havingtheir upper edges secured between the neck portion of the shirt and theneck band thereof, the remaining portions of the flaps being deit: mieewtachedl from the shirt, whereby they may name to this specification inthe presence of hmg loosely downflunder thedfront portion twosubscribing Witnesses. o the shirt, the a s exten ing approximately fromthe YOKILGS of the shirt andi LOUIS LIVINGSTON 5 overlapping one anotherat the front median Witnesses:

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In testimony whereof I have signed my PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

